Silo.



B. F. YOUNGE.

SILO.

APPLICATION FILED 1330.13, 1910.

Patented Aug. 29, 1911.

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B4 YOUNGE.

$11.0. APPLICATION FILED DBO. 13, 1910.

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' ELIAS F. YOUN'CE, F UNION, OHIO.

SILO.-

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed December 13, 1910. Serial To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIAsF. YOUNCE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Union, in the State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Silos; and I do full, clear, vention, the art to which and exact description of the init appertains to make and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

his invention relates to new and useful improvements in silos.

" the silo when 5 Fig. 2.

eonicalfroof i. To gain access to the interior of the silo at the various about the One object of the" invention is to provide a silo'that may be erected withouttheaid of skilledlabor. Q y Another object of the inventionis to providean improved form of door the-possibility of their being misplaced of said doors is a feature of theimprove merits. which I desire to emphasize.

Referring to'the drawings, Figure l isa front elevation of my improved silo. I Fig. 2

is a front elevation'of one of'the'doors;

v 3 is a section on the line (Z-a of 2.

Fig. 4 is a section on theline 6-Z1 of'Fig- 2; an .Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a portion door construction on the line 0 0 of.

of the ifihioughout the specification and drawings, similar reference characters indicate correspondingparts. p

Mounted on a base 1 is a plurality of panels 2 which are placed in circular form and are held in position-by means of hoops 3 in a well known manner. 'The silo thus formed may be of any diameter or height,v

and the same is provided with the usual declare the following to be a such as will enable others skilled in reference being had to the ac-. companying drawings,'and to the letters and.

which allows easy access to the interior of the-silo. The doors are not detachable or, removable from opening'them. 'This-avoids"heldtogether by batting-s 11.

premises. The easy manipulation the interior of the silo.

silo by the fodderwill be left ,door jambs 5 which extend the entire length of the opening. Attached to the- Patented Aug. so, 1911. I

jambs 5 and held in alineinent therewith by means'of dowels 7, are strips 8. These strips are held apart by means of distance pieces orstruts 9.,which are formed of angle bars. The horizontal bars 9 are cut away at end vertical portions to lie between the j ambs 5 and the strip'sS, where they ma be attached in an convenient manner.

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portions ofthe angle their ends to allow the e arrangemental ows theends of the horizontal portion of the anglebars to abut against the strips8 wherethey are in a P'OSitlOIkl to receive the; strain and mg when the hoops 3 are tightened. As wi be'seen from Fig.-

tal portion of the angle bar's.

T e doors 10 are rectangular in shape,

andmag be formedof a series of horizontal t grooves and The vertical 7 strips ted by tongues and edges e1? the said door are-pf to conform" with the aiigular the door jainbs tion allows the wedge shape edges12 of 5, see Fig. 5.-, This QQOIlStIllCn doors and prevent the door open:

5, the hoops 3jpassthrough the strips Sand u'nderthe horizonjamb to form an airtight joint when the dooris pressed out? wardly. by the fodder or- The upper. and lower horizontal edges. -13 ofthe doors are inclined inwardly and downwardly to allow the lower edge of the abut against the-upper edge of the lower door. This arrangement also forms a tight joint between the doors," and owing to the direction of the incline, the moisture or other materialon upper door to juices. deposited on the inner sides of the prevented from seeping to the outside. The outer horizontaland vertical edges of the doors may be,

provided with insulating material 14 such.

as; felt, which engages vertical portion of the tively. The insulatirg materiall insures an air tight joint at the edges of the d o'qr the strips 7 and the 5 angle bars 9 respec-.

in addition to the angular edges. As't e 'l side edges of the doors width is greater than the door opening,- andto enable the doors to be opened. on wardly, said doors are provided each with a hinge which allows inwardly and then rotated on a central pivot and swung outwardly with the hori-.

zontal edges lying vertical. These hinges are on an angle, ther said doors to be swung are each constructed as follows: Mounted at a central point of the door, and on the outside, is a plate attached to each door by means of a bolt 16. The plate 15 is provided with a shoulder or inner ridge which receives a ring or pivot member 17, and in which said plate is adapted to rotate' The.

' ring 17 is provided with arms 18 which are uarter turn on the ring 17. Tl11s.br1n%s I,

hinged" at 21 to one of the hinged at 19 to'arms 20. \The arms 20 are strips 8, and said hinge 21'is so placed as to allow the arm 20 to swing inwardly. After the fodder has been removed from any door and it is desired to open such door, the said door is pressed inwardly and isggiven a constituting a double hinge member betweefi the silo and the door and upon which saitltdoor is movable on the interior and exterior of the S110, and a pivotal connection-betweenthe door and said double hinge connection, whereby the door is first movable on the interior and then on the exterior of the silo, substantially as specified.

2. The cdmbination with a silo havin a door opening, and door =jambs on the sides.

of said opening, ofya door adapted to swing inwardly from, said opening and outwardly through said opening, a double hinge member cohnectingsaid door on one side, and a pivot member connecting said door with said hinge member; whereby said door may be moved inwardly on said hinge, then partiallylrotajted on said pivot and extracted substantially as through said opening, specified.

3. The combination with a' silo having an opening with door jambs on the sides there of, of adoor ailapted to close said opening and engage sai jambs, arms 20 connected to "one of said door jambs by separatehinges 21!; and to the door by a common hinge 19,

a pivot member 15 connected with said arms 20 by the hinge 19, and upon which the door may be turned, a pivot 16 connecting said pivot member 15 and the door, whereby the said door may be moved inwardly and then partially rotated and then moved a on the exterior of the silo, substantially as specified. v

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

ELIAS F. Yornron i Witnesses:

R. J. MoCAR'rY,

MATTHEW Srnennn.

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